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Hmmmm, very interesting subject matter. I'm here both because I want to have some easy information about movies, and plus originally it was a distraction from certain forum cultures i partake in which are more hostile and toxic in nature.
Movies are make believe, why would we be getting bent out of shape and egotistical on a movie forum? Overall it's pretty simple why we're so nice here...of course it's not perfect, there's always gonna be the toxic elements, and we wouldn't want the toxicity to disappear entirely.
As someone who has been using forums since i was 11 (i am now 31) I think there are a lot of factors which influence "forum culture":
-there's the programming, this may be the most important: format, user abilities and privileges.
-the mods themselves are a big deal, yoda's pretty chill. I feel that rather than having a militant approach to malicious content, there should be a couple of simple guidelines that are expected to be fallowed. I think most important to control the flaming, obvious/aggressive bigotry can be even worse since you're flaming large groups of people this way. Some forums try to ban trolling altogether but that's a self-defeating goal. The moderators become the trolls at this point.
-and then there's the subtle but pervasive history of the people using the forum and the subject matters. We shouldn't ban politics, but yes, the political forums tend to be the most toxic and psychologically abusive.